Represented artist
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Education
2006
Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1980
B.A. in Languages [English major, German minor, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom
1977
Graduated from Suksanaree High School, Bangkok
Professional Background
Freelance artist in traditional style and mural painting
Teaching Experience
12 years as Special Instructor, Thai mural painting unit, Painting Section, SUPPORT Foundation. (The Foundation for Supplementary Occupations and Techniques, Office of Her Majesty's Private Secretary, Chitralada Palace, Bangkok, April 1984 - February 1996)
Working Experience
1984-96
organized and led the Tan Kudt Group of painters for temple and hotel murals
1981
E.S.L. teacher for Indo-Chinese refugees, Pragmatics Company Ltd., a UNHCR Project
1970-81
Twelve years'painting apprenticeship to my father, the late artist in Thai style, Paiboon Suwannakudt, or Tan Kudt
Awards
2005
Gunnery Studio residency, NSW Ministry for the Arts
2001
Australia Council Studio Grant for new work by an established artist
Artist in Residence
2008
The Womanifesto international collaborative Program at Rai Boonbandarn, North East Thailand.
2003
Bundanon Trust, residential Studio Grant, January
Temple Murals and other Buddhist Works
I usually did the designs for and supervised the painting by a team of from six to ten artists.
1999
A Buddhist Series of Tree and Flower Allegories painted during visits to Thailand and China.
1998-99
Commission from the Zen Centre, Annandale for its Gorricks' Run meditation temple, funded by the Australia Council, for an altar painting of the Buddha in meditation.
1998
August, brief visit to Thailand to complete designs for a Mahayana Temple in Nakhon Pathom, and commence designs for a specially commissioned temple scheme by Bangkok Airways at a temple on Samui Island.
1997-1988
Lives of the Buddha Screen entirely executed and completed in Sydney. The work is 1.8 x 4.32 meters overall, on the narrative theme of Buddha's previous lives and the life of the historical Buddha.
1997
Designs for exterior gables and pediment of Buddha image at Wat Phuttharangsee, Annandale,Sydney
1996
Phutthamonthol Buddhist Center, near Bangkok [1,200 sq. m., basic designs for 86 panels of 1.8 x 8 meters, Supervisor of five teams each of seven-eight artists, about thirty-five artists overall]
1994-1995
Wat Sri Dongklang, Khon Kaen [100 sq.m.]
1994
Wat Saket, Samui, Surat Thani [complete ubosot, 200 sq.m]
Completed the unfinished work of Acharn Angkarn Kalayanapon at Wat Sri Khom Kham, Phayao [figures in upper panels and Tree of Life in reredos behind main icon]
Wat Tha Suthawat, Angthong [complete ubosot, 200 sq.m.] for the Royal Support Foundation, these murals were featured on a special set of Thai postage stamps in 1999
1992-1993
Wat Jaksa Phattaram, Uthai Thani [complete ubosot, 160 sq.m.]
1992
Wat Theppol, Bangkok [mondop, 12 sq.m.]
1991
Wat Ban Chang, Chonburi [complete ubosot, 140 sq.m.]
1990
Wat Sri Kom Kham, Phayao, own work on the lower narrative panels only, 220 sq.m.], graciously opened by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn in January 1993
Hotel & Office Murals
1996
Mural in residence of District Chief Officer, Tak province
Murals in Wimanthip Room, Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok
Murals for The Century Hotel, Bangkok
1995
Room murals for Laguna Banyan Tree Resort, Phuket
Murals in Bangkok Airways office at Bangkok Airport
Murals in Ballroom, Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok
1994
Murals for Dining Room lobby, Thai Embassy, Paris
1993-94
Murals for Function Room, The Regent of Bangkok, Hotel
Lobby and other murals for Laguna Banyan Tree Resort, Phuket
1991-1993
Murals for President's Office, Bangkok Airways
1991-1992
Lobby mural for the Royal Garden Hotel, Bangkok, 11 x 1.35 meters, on Thai silk
1990
Mural for Thai Airways Office, Paris
1989
Leader of the group painting Sawan / Heaven mural for the Ballroom of The Regent of Bangkok Hotel
Leader of the group painting the Koh Kaew Pisadahl / Magical Crystal mural at the Conference Room in Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket
1985
Leader of the group painting Muang Thong / The Golden City mural at the Coffee Shop, Silom Plaza Hotel, Bangkok
Solo Exhibition
2010
May-July, Catching the Moment: Each Step is the Past, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
2009
August, Three Worlds, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2007
February, The Journey of an Elephant: The Ongoing Journey, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2004
March, The Elephant and the Bush, Arc one Gallery, Melbourne
January, Recent Works Numthong Gallery, Bangkok
2002
July, Turtles, a Fish, and Ghosts…, Gallery 4A, Sydney
June, Karma Women Buddha, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2000
November, Buddhist Lives Tadu Gallery, Bangkok
1999
July/August, New Works, Sherman Galleries, Hargrave Street, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibition
2012
18th Sydney Beinnale, Sydney, Australia
2011
March, Women Artists Exhibition 100th year of International Women's Day, The National Gallery of Thailand
January-April, Edge of Elsewhere, as part of Sydney Festival 2011, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2010
November-December, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Gallery, Sydney
2010 September-October, Blacktown City Art Exhibition 2010, Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2010 September-October, Text as Spiritual Imagery, McGlade Gallery, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2010 April-May, Ephemeral but Eternal Words: Trace of Asia, The Research School of Humanities and the Arts and ANU School of Art Gallery, ANU
2010 March-May, Second Language, 24HR ART Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2009
October-November, Broadsheet Notations: Epilogue, Tang Contemporary Art
2007
December, Smile of the Buddha : Image of Enlightenment, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
March-April, Heading North, Maroondah Gallery, Melbourne, curate by Damian Smith
2006
October-November, Fletcher Jones Art Prize Exhibition, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
June-July, Utopia Limited : Inhabiting Sydney, curate by Jo Holder, The Cross Art Projects, Sydney
2005-2006
Open Letter touring exhibition, April -Gallery 4A, Sydney, August -National Gallery of Thailand, October -The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, February 2006 -The National Gallery of Malaysia
2003
October-November, Abstractions, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2000
July-September, El Poder de Narrar [The Power of Narration, with nine artists from eight countries, catalogue texts by Kevin Power, Patrick Flores and Trinh Minh Ha], Espai d'art Cntemporani de Castelló, Valenciana, Spain
February, Gang of Four, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999
November, Gang of Four [with Simryn Gill, Lindy Lee, Savandhary Vongphutorn] Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
1998
March, Women imaging women: home, body, memory, [Artists from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam], Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1997
March, co-organizer and exhibitor at Womanifesto Exhibition of work by Thai and Overseas Women artists at Concrete House, Nonthaburi and at Baan Chaopraya, Bangkok
1995
March, Tan Kudt Group at Place of Art, Bangkok March, Tradisexion: Five Thai Women Artists at Concrete House, Nonthaburi
1994
October, Invited Artists Exhibition of Tadsawat group, Place of Art, Bangkok
1992
November, Art Exhibition by Eighty Artists, The Montien Hotel, Bangkok
October, Art Exhibition by Thai Women Artists, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok
March, Art Exhibition by Thai Women Artists, Contempus Gallery, Queen Sirikit Convention Center, Bangkok
1991
November, Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Artists to Heart for Emergency Home, The Hilton Hotel, Bangkok
1990
April, Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Thai Commercial Bank, Bangkok
1989
March, organized the Thai Contemporary Artists Exhibition with Tan Kudt Group and invited artists in Paris
1988
August, Fourth Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group at the Thai Cultural Fair, Keio, Co. Ltd., Tokyo
July, Co-operating Advisor for Student Exhibition from painting section, SUPPORT Foundation, The Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok
1987
December, Third Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group at Tsa-ho Gallerie Internationale, St.Pierre, Île de La Réunion.
1986
October, Second Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group in co-operation with student work from SUPPORT Foundation graciously presided over by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn at The Regent of Bangkok Hotel.
1984
March, First Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group, graciously presided over by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn and H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn at The Montien Hotel, Bangkok
